It is indeed impressive, and the project is also a good one.

Do you know what the most annoying thing in the crypto world is? It's a bunch of new technologies that dazzle people, especially when it comes to ZK (zero-knowledge proof), people either want you to master elliptic curves or spend three months learning Circom, it really feels like being bound to a comeback.

But Succinct Labs doesn't follow the routine. It's like a big warm man, taking on the 'technical heavy lifting' of ZK, and then serving others: you just write the Rust code you know, it helps you finish the zk proof, and then packages the trusted results, allowing you to easily use zero-knowledge logic on the blockchain. In a nutshell: 'You are responsible for writing logic, Succinct is responsible for 'proving'.

Their core weapon is the SP1 zkVM — imagine you have a 'smart kitchen', and you throw in the 'big meal' made with Rust, it not only cooks it but also labels it with 'this dish is really fine'. A few years ago, writing a ZK loop would have cost as much as doing a space project, now you just write some code, and you can get the proof, quickly asking if you want a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes?

Moreover, this 'smart kitchen' is incredibly fast; the official claim is that it is 4 to 28 times faster than traditional zkVMs, and for certain workloads, it can save more than 100 times the development time — it feels like 'evolving from setting up a tent to renting an AirBnB'.

This is not the point, Succinct is not satisfied with being a solitary cooking school. It also formed a decentralized prover network, allowing computing power from around the world to participate in proof challenges — whoever offers the lowest price and highest efficiency can take 'jobs' and earn PROVE tokens. This play combines Uber and a red envelope grabbing competition, taking jobs is thrilling, and you can also earn a reward.

Speaking of PROVE tokens, they are not only used to pay these provers but also for staking insurance, and can adjust protocol parameters, serving a composite role of 'reward + voting rights + meal ticket arrangement', professional yet down-to-earth.

As of now, Succinct has officially launched its mainnet, processing 5 million proofs, serving projects including Polygon, Celestia, Lido, etc., with a cumulative locked value exceeding $4 billion, far from just talk. This data makes me both excited and reassured.

You should know, this is not a momentary 'show management fees' project, it has the backing of $43 million in funding from Paradigm, and CEO Uma Roy publicly stated: 'Using ZK used to be too difficult, now anyone who wants to use it can.' This serious tone really makes one want to place a bet.

A little fun fact: doing ZK before was like practicing yoga, needing to twist into ten more positions, and ending up with unresolved shoulders; with Succinct, it's like jumping straight into a suitable spinning bike, no need to struggle with movements, directly burning fat while seeing the calories burn.

Succinct is about turning 'ZK proofs from academic to practical', like buckling a seatbelt for developers: you write a Rust frontend for pragmatic business, it quietly handles the proof in the background, then helps you put the results on-chain for verification, truly achieving 'logic makes sense, computing power is transparent, verification is reassuring'. This is what they call the realm of 'confidently piecing logic together without feeling uncomfortable'.

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